Opening Ceremonies 2014 Sochi Olympics

[kyphi]

Keep pictures/opinions here and use bankshot's thread as a general comment one

[kyphi]

not so impressed yet - hanging a little girl by invisible ropes as she climbs past Silver Dollar City animated animals on clouds

[Mr. E]

I haven't been that into the opening event so far, but that ballet sequence was pretty freaking spectacular!

If they are doing a history of Russia then I'm kind of nervous to see how they portray the USSR days. Will they romanticize it? Will they gloss it over?

disclaimer - due to close family history I'm not exactly favorable towards the USSR and how many countries suffered under them. I don't want to make this a political thread, but just wanted to admit my bias.

Back on now - but I will re-watch that ballet sequence!

[C.lupus]

I thought they pulled off the opening ceremonies. There were a couple glitches but overall it was pretty good. I love the projections (or whatever the technology was) on the floor. The ballet was good and the last flying dove dance was cool.

[Raps in 4]

The opening ceremonies were great.

[mojomarc]

I'm not a fan of opening ceremonies in general but i thought this one was surprisingly tasteful. 1000x better than London imo.

[The Duke]

Better then 2010 and 2012.
Very nice and artistic.
Good stuff